The last couple of years has seen the Bulloch Academy wrestling team rise to prominence and even boast a few individual state champions. The Gators are off to another strong start in the 2011-12 season and are looking to take home the ultimate prize.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Justin Houston cuts an imposing figure standing in front of his locker in the Chiefs' practice facility. The rookie linebacker is 6-foot-3, 270 pounds of muscle, his right eye a bloody red, a large scar on his chest and a tattoo inked across his right shoulder.

Much is being made of Statesboro High School's girls basketball team this season. Six seniors are leading the Lady Blue Devils in their quest for a state championship, but it's a sophomore who is provided a good amount of firepower in each game.

Think of a wrestler - quick, efficient and light on his feet. Now think of an offensive lineman - tall, strong and lumbering. The two don't seem to go together, but when you mix them up, you get Bulloch Academy's Asa Johnson.

Statesboro High will resume old rivalries, Southeast Bulloch will get some new ones and Portal stays pretty much the same in the new sports region alignments proposed Tuesday by the Georgia High School Association.

Statesboro High School girls soccer coach Brian Thomas watched attentively as his team scrimmaged against each other one last time in the school's gymnasium before the team's big rematch against region foes Effingham County Monday afternoon.

Southeast Bulloch had a banner day on the track Wednesday as its boys ran away with a convincint victory while the girls notched a second place finish in a meet that included SEB, Bulloch Academy, South Effingham, Emanueld County Institute and Johnson of Savannah.

The Statesboro High School baseball team seems to be on a roll after a rocky 0-4 start to the season. The Blue Devils (5-4, 1-0 Region 3-AAAAA) are currently riding a five-game win streak and picked up the team's first region victory of the season after defeating Bradwell Institute 6-4 Monday night.

The Statesboro High School soccer team piled into the school's field house Thursday afternoon before practice to go over notes. Each player had their own personal blue envelope with a plan inside. However, these plans were not game notes from the night before or a strategy of how to score on the field. These notes were a part of a new program to help the young players in the room become men.

The Lady Gators didn't back down in their final game of the season. The team was tested all year after losing four seniors from last year's roster, but when it mattered most the Bulloch Academy girls basketball team cut down the nets while making school history in the process.

MACON – The Bulloch Academy girls won their second consecutive GISA Class AAA state basketball championship in rough-and-tumble fashion with a 45-41 victory over Gatewood Saturday night at Hawkins Arena on the campus of Mercer University.

March 07, 2015|
By RAHN HUTCHESON
Special to the Herald
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